Nearrings
I’m well aware that part of my job as a parent is to constantly adapt to the new and changing problems that will crop up as the girls get older.
I just never thought I would be nostalgic about the old dilemmas.
Like how to take a car ride with infant Gigi who would suddenly plank anytime you’d even think about putting her in her car seat. I’m sure I deserved that, somehow.
Like executing a top-secret mission to do laundry when it came time for Blankie’s bi-annual washing. That’s once every two years, not twice a year.
But just today Lulu came up to me and said, “This doesn’t smell spring fresh. What can you do about it?” Teach you to do laundry?
Other new problems I’m coming to grips with are things like the fact that Valentine’s Day is apparently “the new Halloween” and we have at least two pounds of candy.
The fact that someone got mustard on the carpet and instead of telling me, tried to lick it off for several minutes before I noticed.
The fact that two someones want earrings.
I’m not anti-earrings—I’ve had my ears pierced since I was two, though I rarely wear earrings because my hair just swallows them up. As for the girls, I just don’t want the upkeep. The piercing gun. The relentless requests to go to Claire’s. Shudder.
So we adapt.
And we go to the craft store.
And drop $1.99 on stick-on gems.
Best $1.99 I ever spent.
Brilliant.
Now I’ve got ten years to hope someone comes up with stick-on prom dates.
I wore stick on earrings when I was little. We got our ears pierced on our 12th birthdays, so we had lots of time for stick ons…but I don’t think I wore them much after like age 8…ha ha ha.
12 sounds like a good age. I can’t handle 4 and 6!
I got mine pierced around 12 also. My parents told me that’s when I could do it, and I was very excited. Plus at that age, you can take care of them yourself!
Awww, super cute! I love my little boy, but wish I was able to do girly stuff! I understand the frustration, but oh the cuteness
I can’t tell you how often they ask for manicures and pedicures too.
Just wait until they ask for their noses to be pierced!
Hey, there’s stick ons for that!
I used to wear those all the time in the 80s as a kid. So glad they are back! Go pea girls!
I think these were meant for scrapbooking. Whatever!
Oohhh, you are so, so right! I have to have bi-daily conversations about not allowing them to get the following pierced: ears, belly buttons, 3rd holes, various areas of cartilage, lips, belly button, eyebrown, some inside the ear (??), did I mention belly buttons? I had one try to wear GAUGES! I’m all for that in a few years if you’ve done your reseach and realize what it does to your ears.
Have you got a load of prom dresses lately?? They are stick on basically too. I wish piercing turtle necks and Mom jeans on teens was allowed.
We got away with letting them wear clear mascara when they started in with the makeup business too,
Ha ha…stick on prom dresses! As long as they stay stuck, I could probably handle that. I had Mom jeans. They were acid washed and I wore them with pink suspenders. As we’ve previously established, I was not popular with the fellas.
Oh, Mama Pea, you are so smart! I wore stick-ons for a little bit longer than I care to admit. But my 25-year-old self was ecstatic when I finally pulled the plug and got my ears pierced… at Claire’s.
Good luck looking for them stick-on prom dates!
Genius quick fix! And btw–I am now cracking up at the image of a baby planking to avoid car seats. Too funny!
That was hip then! All that stuff is coming back!! You’re kids will think you’re all fashion forward when you show them how to peg their pants!! I’m
Hoping my Wham! Tshirt will come in handy!
We’ve gone to Claire’s…to get the stick-on Princess ones… My sweet girl needs to wait until she is in second grade – that’s when I got mine pierced. I, too, don’t want the maintenance and she needs to be responsible enough to swap and twist on her own
Ugh, I’m cringing. Swap and twist!
Swab – not swap, lol! Gross!
Like I said, she has to be old enough to do it all by herself!
I just read an article (via a friend – I don’t remember the source!) about how more moms are choosing to take their little girls to tattoo parlors for ear piercings. It sounds taboo, but the parlors are actually much more sterile. They use a needle that actually removes that tiny amount of skin rather than the gun that just pushes it aside. The guns aren’t always properly sterilized, and the staff aren’t always well trained.
I had mine pierced with an ear gun twice over 10 years ago, and I still have problems with pain, redness, and gross discharge from the hole in my right ear after wearing any earrings. Yikes!
I actually don’t think that would be a bad idea at all, when the time comes. I had all sorts of problems with my second ear piercing holes…scar tissue formed and I had to have it removed. And I guess it’s kind of genetic to form scar tissue like that, so maybe that will scare the girls off for awhile.
Kristin is so right, tatoo parlours are much more sterile (you can also try a nice hair/ beauty salon). I got my ears pierced in 1st grade but my mom did most of the cleaning and such, so she only let my sister get hers done in Gr. 3 when she could do it herself. With my first hole I got it done at a Claire’s-like place and still have trouble with my holes sometimes, and I got my second holes done for more at a nice beauty salon, they healed 4 weeks later and I haven’t had a problem since. $10 more can do ya wonders!
Yes, I second this! The gun is really not sterile at all and can cause lots of problems. I’ve had lobe and cartilage piercings done with guns and with needles at a piercing parlor – the piercings performed with needles healed much better, much faster.
But that’s way down the line. Stick with the stick-on earrings for now.
I third this! My body is apparently pretty sensitive to piercings, and I got terrible infections after trying to have my ears pierced twice with the dreaded bacteria carrying gun (and meticulously following the “care” instructions I recieved). On top of the infections, I also had a lopsided set of piercings the second time around. After letting those “lessons-learned” heal up, I got my ears properly pierced by a professional with a sterilized needle. No trauma or bacteria from the gun, no dirty, sharp earring backing piercing my ear, and it healed up beautifully! I couldn’t say better things about that experience.
BUT, either way, stick ons are so much better for little ones. Smart substitute — you go girl!
Oh my gosh! Why do we do this to our bodies?! Our bodies automatically try to reject foreign objects. Yet we still do this every day. Crazy.
I guess we were created to be resilient, but alas, stubborn beings
I loved seeing yall’s responses, and I’ve been thinking about pierced ears all day now. Ha! I wonder if it would be worth it, even though my ears are technically already pierced, to get them re-pierced at a tattoo parlor? I am so sick of being in pain when I try to wear earrings. But I’m not sure a re-piercing would take care of that problem.
I guess what I’m trying to say is can I borrow the girls’ stick-ons?
there is nothing wrong with stick on though I had mine done since birth. I do have my cartalidge pierced and I had my tongue, belly button and lip pierced. Do you know what the best part was? I was able to remove them all except the cartalidge when I wanted to.
Which hurt the worst? (not that you remember the ears)
My lip. The tongue was just pressure and my cartalidge that was almost the worst because I hears crunching but no pain
Ewwww….crunching!
You are tough, girl.
You totally brought me back to my childhood with this post! I always had stick on earrings growing up.
And they always got stuck in your hair.
Ahhh the carseat plank!! I’m there right now. Nearrings sound way more fun…although I will probably call you in a few years telling you I miss the simplicity of baby tantrums.
Ahh yes, but do you have to drive with one hand twisted around your back to hold in the binky? Girlfriend was HIGH maintenance.
My parents did the same thing with stick on gems! I love the stars and hearts the best!
Oooh, you were fancy!
OH MY BUCKET. I just laughed so hard I choked on my coffee. Somehow I think that a “stick on prom date” is exactly what you would NOT WANT EVER.
*laughs and laughs*
Oh, good point…hadn’t thought about that. How about boy repellent?
I’d say yes.
Awww how sweet! I still have pierce-free ears. Most people are shocked when it comes up in conversation and I say, “I still don’t have mine pierced!” So basically, no one notices when you’re NOT wearing earrings.
I’d don those stick-ons any day!
I think I knew that about you. Wow, stalkerama.
So far, I have not been hit up for earrings from my 5 year old. Or tattoos. Then again, she makes statements all the time to the effect of when she’s older and has tattoos and a baby, she can have a puppy.
I love the Nearrings!
The stick ons are totally cute! I wasn’t allowed to get my ears pierced until I was around eight. The big deal then was red and pink plastic earrings. I can’t even imagine that now, lol.
Eight? Your parents must have been pretty laid back. I’m pushing for 16.
Yeah, that’s how old my mom was when she got hers done, so I had to wait until then. Then again, I actually waited to have real earrings until I was 18. I thought all earrings bugged my ears, but it was just those cheap plastic ones. I got some nickel-free, sterling silver ones and I’ve been wearing them ever since!
haha, too cute! I think I was 12 before my parents allowed me to get earrings! Of course, I was the first born, so when it came to my sister, she got them when she was way younger … oh well, someone has to be the first!
Isn’t that the way it always goes? Poor Gigi.
that’s actually a great idea! my parents told me and my sister that we could get our ears pierced at 9 years old when we were old enough to take care of them ourselves…it was great because it gave us something to look forward to and “prove” that we could handle!
but in the meantime? stick-ons are just right
Nine sounds more reasonable, but that’s only 2 1/2 years away! I can’t wait to hear about your “boy” problems
Oh, and I owe you something. I haven’t forgot! My head is just not screwed on straight these days.
Genius! I don’t have any kids but have three nieces and will be sharing this with my older sisters ASAP. I can think of a lot of other things that I bet you wish came in “stick ons”, including your prom date.
Yeah, like puppies.
Too cute. Got my ears pierced when I was 5 and I used to love it. Now my ears can’t handle anything. So this is random but I teach at a high school and some students just have the piercing addiction. Lower lip, cheek, eyebrow, everywhere… It’s scary.
I remember loving those earrings back in the day! I ended up waiting to get my ears pierced until I was 14 or 15 and I’m glad I did. I knew how to take care of them by that point so they wouldn’t get infected.
See, that’s what I’m talking about!
Haha, I was OBSESSED with getting my ears pierced when I was their age. My parents let me get them pierced for my 10th b-day. Just be glad that they aren’t asking for tats yet, hu?
I will never forget the terror of meeting the piercing gun when I was 7. And then the first changing of earrings. Full blown crying fests, swollen eyes to match my burning ears. I let the holes close in and then 9 years later, at the mature age of 16, got them pierced again. Those years made all the difference
I just love the contented smiles on the girl’s faces. You are doing a wonderful job helping them grow up without rushing the sweetness of being a little girl. Bring on the stickers!!
Thanks, Rebecca. 16 sounds perfect!
Definitely wait till they’re older! Then you can even leverage them having to get good grades so you let them get their ears pierced
Worked on me!
There you go! Love that idea…not that I think grades will be in issue. I think they are far smarter than me already.
I had a turbulent relationship with ear piercings during childhood. It just wasn’t working out for me until I was a teenager. I had them done TWICE before I was 10 and it was a terrible experience each time, including one infection. Then, when I was 12-13, I had them done and they were fine after that point. I had extra thick earlobes as a child and the studs didn’t work well until my lobes thinned out, I guess! Anyway, I ended up with 5 ear piercings in total; one in my cartilage because I was oh so cool at 14, and now I hardly ever wear any because they get tangled in my hair too easily and I can’t be bothered, lol. I risked my health to have them at one point and now I couldn’t care less. I wish I had nearrings, it would have pacified me, I think. Says my 32-year-old self who forgets how stubborn and particular I was as a child, lol.
Oh wow, what a nightmare! You can find all sorts of nearrings at Michaels
Hahahaha…awesome! What is that saying – desperation is the mother of invention? Or, is that necessity? Ah…whatever – this is too cute & the girls look quite pleased with themselves!
hehe, i had those growing up. I loved them! no need for real piercings until the mustard stain is gone, right?
Getting my ears pierced was my 5th grade graduation gift! I lived with stick ons and magnet nearrings for years
Oh magnet earrings! Those were the best…I totally forgot about those!
Stick on prom date. I’d like to see that.
I should try some nearrings on Kitty. Ha ha!
OMG. You must!
Ha! Brilliant idea
I wish my parents had done that instead of just imposing an age limit on pierced ears (=13!!).
I definitely ROCKED the stick-ons when I was younger. I was obsessed!
You are so smart. I adore you.
The feeling is mutual.
I wish my mom would have given me stick on gems instead of allowing me to get my belly button pierced at 16. It looks realllly sexy now after having a child.
I’m in the same boat as you. Except now I just have a little hole there.
My mom finally caved to my non-stop requests when I was 8. She made my dad take me because she couldn’t bear to watch. She was afraid I would get one done and then not want them to the other. I wore earrings for about a year and then stopped. To this day I wear earrings only when I get dressed up, about 3 times a year.
That’s a good dad, right there!
We like him!
I was just thinking the exact same thing about Valentines day. My daughter came home with a gallon sized bag full of candy and chocolate.
What gives? I literally got like two conversation hearts taped to the outside of a card, not full size candy bars!
Oh, the memories! Even though I had my ears pierced when I was little, I still had much more fun with the stick-ons and had them in every shape and glittery color. True, they often ended up on the dog, but they were still a lot of fun.
Now I only wear earrings when I have to, kind of like a bra. I see both as physically unnecessary.
You and me both, girl, you and me both.
Totally had those as a kid! Way better than clip-ons. Those aged me quite quickly.
My junior bridesmaid did not have her ears pierced and we used the same gems for her! I went to Michael’s craft store and let her choose whatever color!
Happy Thursday ! <3
Now that is funny!
Aww tell the girls look gorgeous, and very princess-y! That’s hilarious about the blankie washing, because my sister had one and hers was very rarely washed too! My mum actually found an identical one and kept it hiding so that if she did have to sneak blankie away for any extended period of time (or the time when somehow the washing machine swallowed it – that was a very sad day) she’d have a backup. Obviously the backup wasn’t nearly as smelly as the original, but in my sister’s eyes, it was the same one. (Keep in mind my sister has had bifocal glasses since she was 6 months old, so her vision wasn’t that great to begin with!)
Have a great day Mama Pea!
We tried to find a “backup” but apparently these cheap $9.99 Target blankets were limited edition and everyone’s kid mysteriously loved it, because they are like $80 on ebay!
My grandmother used to work at a foam factory, and one of the punches they used created little round cut-outs. She would run scrap pieces of colored foam and have an endless supply of earrings. I never saw her wear any other earrings!
That is hilarious.
That brings back some wonderful memories for me as a child
I used to love to feel older be having “earrings.”
You are such a wonderful mom and I am hoping tha the stick on prom date is in the works because I;ve got about 14 years for them to perfect it!
I’ll get to work on that for the both of us.
The requests to go to Claire’s – HA HA HA HA!!!! TOO FUNNY! Oh, the memories….oh, the wasted money at that place!
The stick on gems are perfect and the girls look so proud and adorable!
Oh, the Chewy Cashew Bars – KILLER. And hubby learned what “massaging” a kale salad meant last night. Poor guy got out some big tossing tongs and I pretty much spazzed at him. I’m like, “Get your hands in there!!!”
Nice, way to break him in with that massaging!
hahah those girls are to funny! i always wore the stick ons and would wear 2 or 3 on each ear thinkin i was the coolest thing and no1 would notice there fake lol and i no your avoidin claires but they have some magnetic and clip on earrings that are really cute to there mostly all the same ones as the reg just fake
Ooh, we haven’t even ventured into multiple stick-on territory. That’s going to blow their minds.
haha! so cute!!!
These are so pretty! I would totally wear them.
We used stick-on or clip-on earrings the whole time we were kids. I didn’t get mine pierced until fifth grade. I survived.
I must caution against Claire’s, haha. I worked there when I went to University and we received about… ahh, 2 seconds of training on how to pierce ears. Not to mention the horror stories I could tell you about the kids running out screaming after I did one ear (and the parents urging me to chase them and bring them back. Yeah, no thank you.) or the poor little babies who the parents would bring in — the father looking accusing and angry of course — and then would wake up with huge tears rolling down their faces when I brought the ‘gun’ out. AHHHH nightmarish. OR the woman who brought her four-year-old in with infected ears and asked me to RE-PIERCE them by SHOVING an earring through the bleeding scabbed over piercing because she didn’t have the ‘guts’ to do it. I think that was exactly 3 minutes before I decided to quit.
Anyway, after that novel, I’ll just say my Mum set a deadline — “You can have them pierced when you turn 13.” By that time, I’d lost interest and didn’t actually have them pierced until I turned 19. I was a big fan of stick-on gems too
You just confirmed all my fears. Thank you.
Ahh i used to LOVE stick on earrings. Wasn’t allowed to get my ears pierced until I was 13 so I lived for the stick ons-it helped me blend in with the “cool” crowd
awww, the girls look so happy!
i will always fondly remember my mom getting me stick-on earings when i was little. and i will never forget how much i played with them, taking them off and putting them back on, obviously not with the same care my mom had. my grade 3 school photo is proof. ”earrings” halfway up my ears! hah.
That is AWESOME.
Just in case the stick-on earrings stop being enough for the girls and they resume their pleading for earrings, please do not get them done with a piercing gun, especially not at Claire’s. It is much better to find a good clean tattoo/piercing parlor. I know that might be a little weird to some to bring two little girls there, but just think of it as another adventure to blog about.
Anyway, the reason it is better to go there is because they use hollow surgical needles which are much less likely to result in infection and they heal more quickly. Think of making a hole in a piece of paper using a pencil (the piercing gun) versus a hole-puncher (the hollow needle). When you use the pencil to shove it through the paper it makes a jagged hole pushing germs and stuff into the piercing. With a hole-puncher it makes a clean circle much less likely to get infected.
Okay, hopefully that wasn’t too much information. I just feel so bad when I walk by Claire’s and there is an inexperienced girl piercing a crying little girl’s ears with a piercing gun. I am in no way an expert on this, but I have quite a few friends who have piercings (including Mick).
Hope it helps! =)
This is great information–thank you!
I completely agree with Anna! Although i speak from experience. I had my ears pierced first at the mall (horrible experience, they got infected a lot). The second time I went to a tattoo parlor and had them done. No pain, and better help with proper aftercare. A good reputable tattoo place is very sterile (autoclaves, clean needles), and shouldn’t be offended if you ask lots of questions about the process and their sterile techniques.
There was an article about this in Time the other day too…
http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/07/why-i-took-my-7-year-old-to-a-tattoo-parlor/
Although I must say, the stickers thing is genius.
Thank you! When and if the time comes, we will definitely not be hitting the mall.
Oh man. My first planked. My second is causing permanent back pain from the turn around twist to hold the pacifier!
I got my ears pierced when I was 6 months old. Brilliant.
I piereced my second girl’s ears when she was 4 months. My first had too many ear infections at that age and she was high maintenance as it was. Now that she saw #2 get hers pierced, she has no desire! However, those stick ons are brilliant! That might be our transitional remedy when she gets older.
Hope it works and that the paci hold ends soon!
aww how cute are they!!! great alternative to getting them pierced. i had my daughter’s done by our pediatrician when she was 4 months. i love them, but i will say it is a pain the butt trying to clean and change the earrings. its usually a 3 to 4 man process. quite tiring!
I never knew pediatricians pierced. Definitely a good topic for discussion with ours.
Brilliant! I have 3 young girls already asking for pierced ears and I’m loving this idea!
Hope it buys you some time!
I have used the stick ons as well for my 4 1/2 yr old. She has no desire to get her ears actually pierced (for fear of the pain – which may be my doing). I got mine done at 12 when I was a “big girl”. It was a rite of passage in our house. Have your girls asked for the child sized press on nails? Mine does every time we go into the drug store. Apparently “W…w’s mommy lets her wear them to school”. They even make them with the dreaded “princesses” on them. So it could be worse.
Press on nails?! NEVER!
Ooooh do I remember my stick-on earrings. A classic. Is it weird that this post makes me want to go buy some just for the memories?
Hahahah to “this doesn’t smell spring fresh” !!! And stick-on prom dates sound like a brilliant idea
Stick on earrings are AWESOME. I was a big fan back in the day. And I read through the comments and completely agree with taking the girls to a reputable piercer rather than Claire’s when the time comes. So much easier, so much less pain than the smushing of the piercing gun, and so much cleaner!
I finally got my ears pierced on my 13th birthday–my present for being a teenager. They inevitably got infected, I freaked, let them close up and didn’t get them pierced again until my 18th birthday….didn’t miss them while they were gone. My theory is no need to go there earlier than necessary because they end up more of a hassel than they’re worth. Stick ons sound good to me!
Wow, that sounds awful. Thanks for the support!
I know people have already commented on it, but no no no no no piercing guns! Not only am I cranky that my holes aren’t symmetrical, but I also regret putting my ears in the hands of a kid at the mall. Seriously, the more I think about it the more I kick myself.
But excellent deflection with the stick ons
Thanks for the positive affirmations!
Get Lulu her own box of dryer sheets! Then when she needs a boost of spring freshness, she can just rub them around hahaha.
I promise I don’t do that when I want to wear a shirt one too many times… maybe….
Oh my goodness. Thanks for the giggle.
STICK ON EARRINGS! i forgot!!! my sisters both had to wait until they were 12 to get their ears pierced. i got mine done at 9. i will never hear the end of how spoiled i am just because i am the youngest
Yes, you are.
LOVED your email. Response pending…
Thanks for the flashback. I used to have those!
Aww I remember those!! They were so much fun until I started “piercing” my nose and eyebrow…my mom “lost them” after that…
Luckily these have gone on no other body parts. Yet…
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I remember those–then it went from earrings to a mild obsession for stick-on bindis, albeit short-lived (and for good reason).
Is it wrong if I don’t talk about earrings and mention instead that I made your Lava Cake last night and it was to die for??? Okay, okay that’s just my way of not talking about how I got my ears pireced at 18 and was such a baby the guy had to give me an orange lollipop. But the Lava Cake really still to freakin’ die for.
I’m with you with ear piercing…wait to they can take care of them on their own. My Mom actually had clip on earrings when I was growing up so I got to play with hers.
Hi there!
Just a headsup – when you do give in to your daughters getting their ears pierced, please don’t get it done at Claires or anywhere else that uses a piercing gun. It is NOT possible to steralize a piercing gun and the earings that they shove through are NOT sharp. It’s much better for your body to get them sharped by a real piercer (you can find a good one who’s APP Certified at safepiercing.org) with a needle and body-safe jewelery.
XOXO
Ha I meant get them pierced* not sharped. Oops!
Thank you, Kourtney!
Yeah, bath time for Lambie the blanket doesn’t go too well over here. Must remember these earrings for when my time comes. Thanks MP!
Both of my kids have done the carseat plank too! I thought I was the only one
I’ve got to get some of those stick ons for my daughter. She’d love it!
You crack me up. I found your site through a friend who was recommending your recipes. Thanks so much for dinner help!
Thank YOU for reading!
You have the two cutest little girls! I think that sticker earrings are just as good at this age.
I’m thinking of getting B’s ears pierced. I got mine done when I was one and I’m kinda glad I never had to make the decision to do it. I’d probably still be wearing clip ons. It’s more me not wanting to see her cry that’s stopping me. So, I think I’ll wait until April when my Aunt will be here and she and my Mom can take her
I used to make my mom come with me when the girls got shots and then I’d leave the room. Good strategy!
My mom used to put glitter glue on my ears as “nearrings” because I wasn’t allowed to get my ears done until after elementary school! I was still obsessed with my glue earrings!
I swear I wore these in the early 90′s… they sold them AS earrings!
stick on prom dates! hahaha! that’s brilliant. i’ll hope for that one, too.
You’re a great mom! You make me chuckle every single time I read your posts
I had my ears pierced when I was a few days old. The doc got nervous when I moved and I had one hole higher In one ear than the other. My ear holes stayed this way until 9th grade when my friend pierced a new hole in each ear to balance them out. We numbed my ear with ice cubes then pushed a piercing earring through until it came out the other side and stuck into a potato!!! Good times!! Then I pierced her ears and cartiledge using the same method!! Never had a problem with infections. Now I only use the bottom holes for earrings!
Come to think of it, I pierced my friends belly button in college that way too.
Yes!!!! Awesome idea! My 3 yr old has been hanging my old dangly earrings over the top of her ear asking me to put them back on every five minutes.
Oh, does this take me back! I wore stick-on earrings all.the.time as a kid because I was ridicuously bald until the age of three! My mom got sick of all the “he’s so cute” comments and tried to bedazzle me, ha ha! I haven’t seen them sold in years, and I just may have to file this idea for future use. At the rate my daughter’s hair is going, she’s going need them.
Too clever!
I always told my kids that when they could take care of themselves on their own then they could get pierced ears. I do not want to have to worry about cleaning and spinning the earrings and everything else that goes with it. When they give me a hard time all I have to do is ask them if they remembered to brush their teeth without a reminder. Works every time. Both my son and older daughter got their ears done for their 12th birthday.
This totally takes me back to the days of stick on earrings. I had some pretty cool ones…
Love this idea. My 6 yo asked a few times. I had mine done on my 6th birthday. I was apparently pretty mature and I took care of them completely by myself. I had no infection and they healed nicely. I took the responsibility seriously even at just turning 6. But my 6 year old is in no way that mature. she would probably just not do anything. So i told her when she can take care of them herself she can have them done. She now wants to wait. I think I will get her some stick ons.
Those are super cute! I got my ears pierce within a few days of being born by my aunt! I do have clip on earrings although I can wear regular earrings and they hurt alot!
As a 17 year lemme tell you technology could greatly improve with producing decent prom dates advocate flying solooooo.